Mennonite Church Canada Financial Trends: Healthy or Worrisome?

Mennonite Church Canada Financial Trends:

Healthy or Worrisome?

$1,440 per member

Total Annual Revenue

$58,000,000Annual Schools

Total Annual Revenue

Total Annual Revenue

2.8 % MC Canada

$175 million(not including hospitals, Nursing Homes, seniors facilities, Mennonite Foundation)

Total Revenue

Healthy Trends

Steady increase in Congregational Revenues

Steady increase in Revenues to related ministry organizations

Signs of ongoing generosity

Worrisome Trends

Decreasing support for Area and National churches

Decreased capacity for international ministry.

Weakening the link between the ministry inspired by the church

and the church that inspires the ministry.

Weakened common identity that undergirds our ministry.

Our Challenge:

The church will need to be strong at all levels as we enter

the 21st century with a commitment to engage the world with the reconciling gospel of Jesus Christ.